Madame Roland, Mémoires - avec une notice sur sa vie, des no - Lot 196

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Madame Roland, Mémoires - avec une notice sur sa vie, des no - Lot 196
Madame Roland, Mémoires - avec une notice sur sa vie, des notes et des éclaircissemens historiques par MM. Berville et Barrière. Paris, Baudouin, [Imprimerie de H. Balzac,] 1827. 2 vol. in-8, [4]-LII-470p & [4]-555p. Third edition, 1000 copies printed. Wife of the Minister of the Interior, Roland de La Platrière, muse of the Girondins, Madame Roland (1754-1793) was one of the strongest personalities of the Revolution. Hated by the Montagnards, she was arrested with the Girondins. During the five months of detention before her execution, she wrote her memoirs, an exceptional source for the history of the Revolution between 1789 and 1793. Green half calf with corners, ornate smooth spine, 2 title-pieces, partially trimmed. Some rare, pale freckling, upper jaw split at head. (Tranchida, 92).
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